PHI 1101 Lecture 4: Chapter 2 Notes

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sardar Hosseini

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Three steps: recognizing arguments, analysing arguments, evaluating arguments. Identify any interference indicators (since, because, therefore, so, thus, etc) Present arguments in standard form and provide a diagram for the argument. The strategy: see if you can first detect what the conclusion is. 2: rule out descriptions, reports, disputes, etc. If it is simple, identify what the conclusion is. If it is complex, determine what the final conclusion is, along with the intermediate conclusion(s) Ignore or get rid of elements that do not belong to the argument. 7: reformulate claims when necessary, only rule: do what you can as you can. Start with what is clear and build from there. Example: you shouldn"t drink and drive because the penalties are stiff if you are caught. Use brackets for each claim and then assign a number for each one: 1 [most people classified as poor are employed] thus, 2 [talk of welfare chieselers is unjustified]